Police say arson cause of explosion

STOCKTON - Police say arson was the cause of an explosion about 5:40 a.m. Saturday in Gateway Court in Stockton's Kentfield neighborhood, near March Lane and Pacific Avenue.

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STOCKTON - Police say arson was the cause of an explosion about 5:40 a.m. Saturday in Gateway Court in Stockton's Kentfield neighborhood, near March Lane and Pacific Avenue.

According to police, a man reported he heard yelling outside his apartment and when he went outside he heard an explosion and saw a fence and cars on fire. The man said he saw four men run east through his apartment complex.

The victim used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Officers said they found the remains of two Molotov cocktail-type devices near where the fire occurred.